Note: the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences has began offering its study curricula in the academic year 2017-2018, starting with the Bachelor programme, and does not offer a Ph.D. programme. Current doctoral students at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) and at the Institute of Oncology Research (IOR), both affiliated to the USI Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, are considered separately.

Note: the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences has began offering its study curricula in the academic year 2017-2018, starting with the Bachelor programme, and does not offer a Ph.D. programme. Current doctoral students at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) and at the Institute of Oncology Research (IOR), both affiliated to the USI Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, are considered separately.

The ERC are prestigious funds from the European Research Council. They are assigned on a competitive basis and represent the international value of the funded research. To this day, active or formerly active USI researchers were awarded 19 ERCs: